1870s Japanese Woodblock Prints

'Kagoshima Mōyū Soroi'

1877

Print

“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

1879

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

1879

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

"View in London," from the series The Prosperity of Countries: London, England

September 1872

Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

(Compiled by Katano Tōshirō) Hokusai Sketches (Katano Tōshirō henshū Hokusai manga), vol.15

1878

Print

A Glance at the Distinguished Figures of the Meiji Period (Meiji meiyo ichiran)

明治名誉一覧

1877 (Meiji 10)

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A pair of ducks by a lotus pond

1879

Color woodblock print; oban

An American Sailing Ship off Arai

October 1872

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

An Unfortunate Tale, II

before 1870

Print

Asahina Saburō Yoshihide

1872–73

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Battle of Nanba (Nanba senki no uchi)

after 1871

Color woodblock print, triptych

Birds on a Branch

1871

Watercolor on paper

Boats in the Snow

1878

Silk

Butterflies and Autumn Grasses

蝶秋草図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Cherry Blossoms

桜花図

1879

Oil on canvas

Chōya Shimbun, no. 1335

朝野新聞

18 March 1878 (Meiji 11)

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e shimbun); ink and color on paper

Clear Sky after Snow at the Old Castle Keep

c. 1877 (Meiji 10)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e): ink and color on paper

Cod and Plum Blossoms

鱈梅花図

1877

Oil on canvas

Complete account of the chastisement at Kagoshima

1877

Print

Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo

1870, 3rd lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Courtesan (Oiran)

美人（花魁）

1872

Oil on canvas

Dai Nippon Meisho kan

1878

Woodblock print

Eight Immortals

八仙人図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Eight Modern Views of Famous Places in Tokyo of Great Japan (Dai Nippon Tokyo kaika meisho hakkei no zu)

1875

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Eight Modern Views of Famous Places in Tokyo of Great Japan (Dai Nippon Tokyo kaika meisho hakkei no zu)

1875

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Ejiri in Suruga Province: The Old Story of the Pine of Miho and the Feather Robe

1872

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Empire Day of Japan (Kigensetsu)

紀元節

1878 (Meiji 11)

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Enoshima

江之島図

c. 1873–1876

Oil on canvas

Famous places in Tokyo, Takanawa: Picture of . Complete picture of a steam locomotive and railroad

1871, 9th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Fine Weather after Rain at Tsukudajima

c. 1880 (Meiji 13)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Flowering Plum and Birds

梅花小禽図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Asakusa Kanzeon Temple in the Snow

東京名所四十八景 浅草観世音雪中

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Atago Hill

東京名所四十八景 愛宕やま

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Evening View of Nihonbashi Bridge

東京名所四十八景 日本はし夕けしき

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Fireworks at Ryogoku

東京名所四十八景 両国乃花火

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Gathering Shellfish at Susaki

東京名所四十八景 洲崎乃汐干

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Irises at Horikiri During Rainy Season

東京名所四十八景 堀切しょうぶ五月雨

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Title Page (Mokuroku)

東京名所四十八景 目録

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Forty-Eight Famous Views of Tokyo: Tsukiji Hotel

東京名所四十八景 築地ホテル

c. 1871

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

French Equestrian Circus on the Grounds of Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa kannon keidai ni oite kōgyō tsukawashi sōrō — Furansu kyokuba)

浅草観音境内ニ於テ興行仕候 仏蘭西曲馬

1871

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Fruit and a Taihu Rock

太湖石果実図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Genzanmi Yorimasa and I no Hayata

October 1878

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Goblins

Before 1870

Print

Hokusai Manga

1878

Woodblock Print

Hokusai Picture Book (Hokusai gafu), vol.3

1875

Print

Hongan-ji Shōnyo and Shimotsuma Raikei, from Ishiyama Daigunkiki

石山大軍記 第二号

1878 (Meiji 11)

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Horse Racing at the Shōkonsha in Tokyo

東京於招魂社境馬図

1870 (Meiji 3)

Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Passing Shiodome in Tokyo (Tōkyō Shiodome tetsudō jōkisha tsūkō zu)

東京汐留鉄道蒸気車通行図

1872

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Running on the Takanawa Railroad in Tokyo (Tōkyō takanawa tetsudō jōkisha sōkō no zu)

東京高輪鉄道蒸気車走行之図

ca. 1873

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Illustration of Foreign Residences and the Catholic Church in Yokohama (Yokohama shōkan tenshudō no zu)

横浜商館天主堂之図

10th month, 1870

Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Interior of a Brothel

1870

Woodblock print

Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi

April 1873

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Kirino Toshiaki

1877

Print

Landscape with the Moon

19th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Light Snowfall: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Obō Kichisa

c. 1876

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Looking cool: the appearance of a geisha in the 5th or 6th year of Meiji (1872-73)

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Moonlit Night in Nakasu

中洲月夜の図

1878

Oil on canvas

Moonlit Sea at Kawasaki

1877

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Mount Fuji Seen from Tago

田子富士

c. 1873–1876

Oil on canvas

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats

富士に鶴漁舟図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk